The 16^th Nitrogen Workshop

Connecting different scales of nitrogen use in agriculture

The 16^th Nitrogen Workshop will be held in Turin, Italy, from June 28^th to July 1^st, 2009.

The Workshop is jointly organised by the Department of Crop Science of the University of Milan and by the Department of Agronomy, Forest and Land Management of the University of Turin.

Themes to be discussed

Soil biology and N cycle
Physiology of N in plants and soil micro-organisms
Gaseous losses
Short and long term modelling of N and C
N management at cropping system scale
N management at farm and regional scale
Assessment of N efficiency and diagnostic tools
N management and crop quality
Sustainable N use in horticulture, viticulture, and tree crops
Manure processing for sustainable N management
Integrated management of N and other nutrients
Education, dissemination, demonstration

General program

Sunday 28^th June (afternoon) - Registration and Welcome Aperitivo

Monday 29^th June - Workshop sessions

Tuesday 30^th June - Workshop session, field trip and Workshop Dinner

Wednesday 1^st July (morning) - Working groups and closing session

Workshop website

http://www.nitrogenworkshop2009.org

Contact information

For further questions, please contact us at the email address: info@nitrogenworkshop2009.org.

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The second announcement, with deadlines and more details, will be distributed before August 2008.

The organizing committee

University of Turin

University of Milan